On Thursday, I will travel to Boston, MA, to attend the Northeast
LinuxFest, which includes also an edition of the Open Database Camp. The events will be at one
of my favorite places on earth: The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, a.k.a. the MIT. Every time I speak at an event there,
I feel at home, and I look forward to be there once more.

The Open Database Camp is organized, as usual, with the formula
of an un-conference, where the schedule is finalized on the spot.

There are a few ideas for sessions. I have proposed two of the
topics I am most familiar with:

OpenSQLCamp Boston 2010 happens 16-17 October
2010, at MIT in Boston (there is an evening social session on
Friday the 15th as well). Its organised by MySQL community
aficionado Sheeri Cabral, and by looking at the schedule and
sponsors, it is going to be one of the most diverse OpenSQLCamp’s
by far.

Monty Program is a sponsor, and I (Colin) will be participating
on behalf of Monty Program to bring some information about what’s
new from the Istanbul company meeting. More of the company
certainly wanted to be at the event, but most are going to be
spending some quality vacation time in Istanbul, since our all
company meeting only ends on the 12th.

If you have not already registered to attend, what’s keeping you?
Its free to attend, and Sheeri tells me that there’s some very
cool schwag available for grabs.

As many may probably know, Boston is one of my favorite
towns. I have been in love with this town since my first
visit in 1990, and in every subsequent trips I have always
been enchanted by the town itself and by the kindness I was
shown by its people.
I am also very fond of the Boston MySQL User Group, and its
organizer, Sheeri K. "Super Hero" Cabral.

I want to show my personal appreciation for Boston by sponsoring
the MySQL User Group for one year. I am doing that with my own
money, without involving my company.
You can also donate for a MySQL user group, if you want, using
the Technocation fund.
You …

The session at the Boston MySQL User Group was very
enjoyable. There was a full room, and the presentation was
followed with attention and curiosity.
The slides I used for this presentation include the deck used
by Allan Packer and Mikael Ronström at the MySQL Conference
2009, followed by a testimony of my own experience with
5.4.
Here is the final deck: MySQL 5.4 theory and practice

While preparing the slides, I realized that, for the first time,
we have a product that allows a painless performance gain. Unlike
all the tuning and technological improvements that you can use to
improve …

The MySQL Boston User group will meet on May 11 at
7pm.
I will speak about my experience using MySQL 5.4, with some
general information on the release.
BTW, you know that there has been some trouble about MySQL meetup groups. We are
looking into the matter, and we will release information as
soon as possible. For now, I can tell you that the current
agreement between MySQL and Meetup is valid at least until
June 10, 2009.

Hello everyone, We have several MySQL DBA openings, one in each
of our offices in Ottawa, Boston, or Hyderabad, India. (Our
Sydney office is doin’ fine.) Working at Pythian is different
than working in-house or as a consultant, because you’ll be
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The Pythian family got a new song last Monday — “Sheeri” means
“my song” in Hebrew. This post on my own blog explains how I got
the job. High winds delayed my flight last Monday, and we’ve had
two snow storms since I arrived. Luckily, my real-life context
switch has not been too difficult. [...]

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